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Personal data Emma Louisa Tefft 

  • Alternative names: Emma Tefft Alwood, Emma Willard Miller, Emma Alwood Willard
  • She was born on October 7, 1862 in somewhere in OH.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (September 7, 1878) below 16 years (15).

  • Resident on May 3, 1880: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton Co., OH.
  • (Living) on June 1, 1905 in fortasse, somewhere In OH.
  • She died on August 20, 1923 in Newton Twp., Calhoun Co., MI, she was 60 years old.
  • A child of Gardner Rowland Tefft and Leah Wollam
  • This information was last updated on March 24, 2025.

Household of Emma Louisa Tefft

She is married to Lester Clark Alwood.

They got married on September 7, 1878 at Fulton Co., OH, she was 15 years old.

Lester Clark Alwood oo Emma Louisa Tefft

Marriage source: IGI for date & county

Fulton Co., OH Mariages 1864 - 1927, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, MCMXCVI), pg. 2, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH, for dom & county.

'Allwood, Lester C. - Taft, Emma L. 7 Sep 1878 4-048' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Bertha L. Alwood  1880-????
  2. Grace Lillian Alwood  1881-1960 
  5. Clara L. Alwood  1891-???? 
  6. Charles E. Alwood  1894-< 1900
  7. Harold Lester Alwood  1897-1968 
  8. Anna Lola Alwood  1899-1987 


Notes about Emma Louisa Tefft

Emma Louisa Tefft

Source: 1880 Swan Creek Twp., Fulton Co., OH Census soundex, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for age = 18, born OH.

Krystal Simpson, Charlotte, MI, FGS received xxi Feb MCMXCI for name. & mm/yy of birth = 10/1862.

Seaman, Vashti Pioneers Around Delta OH, The Delta Atlas, (Delta OH, xxviii Sep MCMLXXVII), pg. 297, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH for middle name = Louisa.

"BERTHA L., b May 3, 1880 Swancreek Twp., to S. C. ALWOOD and LOUISA TEFFT (?)"

8/9 June 1900 Crane Twp., Paulding Co., OH Census, e.d. 47, sheet 6[?]B, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'83, 117, 117, Alwood, Clark, Head, white, male, b. Oct 1857, ae 42, marr. 21 yrs., ... 84, Emma D, wife, white, fem, b. Oct 1862, ae 37, marr. 21 yrs, ten children born, six children living, b. OH, parents b. OH, can read/write, can speak Eng ...'

Hanna, Jackie, "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Portage MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I4680, xiii Nov MMXII)

"... Emma Louise TEFFT Sex: F Birth: 7 OCT 1862 in Ohio Death: 20 AUG 1923 in Newton Twp, Calhoun Co, Michigan NAMM: Alwood NAMM: Willard NAMM: Miller Change Date: 13 NOV 2012

Father: Gardner Rowland TEFFT b: 1824 in New York Mother: Leah WOLLAM b: 3 AUG 1831 in Ohio

Marriage 1 Lester Clark ALWOOD b: 14 OCT 1857 in Wood Co, Ohio Married: 7 SEP 1878 in Fulton Co, Ohio Note: by Charles Blake, JP

Children

1. Bertha L. ALWOOD b: 3 MAY 1880 in Swan Creek Twp, Fulton Co, OH 2. Grace Lillian ALWOOD b: 4 AUG 1881 in (poss) Weston, Wood Co, Ohio 3. Rexford Lyonal ALWOOD b: 11 FEB 1885 in Henry Co, Ohio 4. ALWOOD b: 1 JUL 1890 in Portage Twp, Wood Co, Ohio 5. Clara L. ALWOOD b: 23 FEB 1892 in Portage Twp, Wood Co, Ohio 6. Charles E. ALWOOD b: 30 JAN 1894 in Portage Twp, Wood Co, Ohio 7. Harold Lester ALWOOD b: 30 JUL 1897 in Perry Twp, Wood Co, Ohio 8. Lawrence Gardner ALWOOD b: 22 SEP 1899 in Crane Twp, Paulding Co, Ohio 9. Anna Lola ALWOOD b: 22 SEP 1899 in Crane Twp, Paulding Co, Ohio

Marriage 2 Deforest J. WILLARD b: 30 AUG 1840 in Sturgis, St Joseph Co, Michigan Married: 16 JAN 1908 in LaGrange Co, Indiana Note: by Lorenzo Cather, JP

Marriage 3 Samuel MILLER b: ABT 1859 in Wood Co, Ohio Married: 26 FEB 1913 in Marshall, Calhoun Co, Michigan Note: officiant: A A Geiger, minister witnesses: Mrs A A Geiger and Paul Geiger, Marshall"

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231393774/emma_louise-miller
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Birthday October 7, 1862

  • The temperature on October 7, 1862 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
    • April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
    • October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
    • November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
    • November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
    • December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

Day of marriage September 7, 1878

  • The temperature on September 7, 1878 was about 15.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

Day of death August 20, 1923

  • The temperature on August 20, 1923 was between 12.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
    • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
    • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
    • September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
    • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
    • October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.


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